MS 20-1948 (Manuscript Collections, The Fitzwilliam Museum)
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Contents
Summary of Contents: A folio from a Persian manuscript (Shahnamah?)
Physical Description
Form: leaf
Support: Paper
Extent: 1 f.
Dimensions (leaf): 310 × 197 mm.
Layout
On the verso of the folio there is a damaged illuminated title page with the text written in white on golden medallion.
Hand(s)
Decoration
The recto of the folio presents a full page painting of Bilquis enthroned, the verso presents a golden medallion on a wider background with bands of blue and polichrome scrolls of flowers and vegetations.
History
Origin: c. 1550-60 CE
Provenance and Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Fitzwilliam Museum by P.C. Manuk and Miss G.M. Coles, through the National Art Collections Fund,1948.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on Francis Wormald and Phyllis M. Giles "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Additional Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum acquired between 1895 and 1979 (excluding the McClean Collection)", Cambridge University Press, 1982; with corrections and additions supplied by Marcus Fraser and Giorgia M. Maffioli Brigatti.
Availability
The manuscript can be consulted in the Graham Robertson Study room at The Fitzwilliam Museum, on an appointment only basis. To request an appointment, please email collections@fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk citing the manuscript number.
Funding of Cataloguing
The Fitzwilliam Museum
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